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DATE:
August 10, 2017

TO: 
Elementary School Principals

FROM: 
Herb Jensen, Director of Transportation
Kathy Simmons, Trainer/Risk Coordinator of Transportation

SUBJECT:
Bus Safety Video

Section A.4.a. of the Standards for Utah School Buses and Operations requires students to receive annual bus safety instruction.

Bus safety instruction and awareness for students in grades K-1 will come in the form of an assembly entitled “Safety in the Schools”.  This assembly has already been scheduled for your school.

Bus safety instruction and awareness for all students in grades 2-6 will come in the form of a video, which is available on a DVD at your school’s main office or at the following link, which directs you to the Jordan School District Transportation website:

http://auxiliaryservices.jordandistrict.org/transporation-faq/bus-safety/

While all students in grades 2-6 are required to watch this video, it is also an excellent resource for grades K-1, and should be shown prior to students riding the bus for a field or activity trip.

When all of your students in grades 2-6 have seen the video, please send an e-mail confirmation to: amber.gardner@jordandistrict.org

If you have questions, feel free to contact the Transportation Training Department at (801) 567-8856.

Thank you for cooperation in helping Jordan School District achieve “Safety in the Schools”.

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Beginning this new school year, the Payroll Department will no longer accept paper time sheets for current True Time employees.  Using True Time for all of their pay (even for one hour) will:

  • Prevent duplicate pay and overlapping time
  • Avoid lost time sheets
  • Keep personal information secure in the system
  • Track all hours worked as required by Utah Retirement Systems and overtime pay laws
  • Assist in the accuracy and efficiency of budget reporting

Please email keelee.leuluai@jordandistrict.org (preferred), or call Payroll to set up the proper pay code(s) for True Time. Time sheets received in Payroll for current True Time employees during the school year will be returned, and Payroll will assist and train the employees on how to enter the information from the time sheet into True Time (pool hours, testing, playground, etc).

Please let all current True Time employees at your location know of these changes.

Due to reporting requirements, the following currently do not use True Time: insulin shots, Home & Hospital, USTAR, athletic and activity differentials, and Camps & Clinics (high schools).

Please contact Payroll if you have concerns so we can better accommodate your needs.

We appreciate your ongoing support and assistance in paying Jordan District employees.

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DATE:   
June 16, 2017

TO: 
Principals

FROM:  
Administrators of Schools
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT: 
2017-18 Required Testing Ethics Professional Development Procedures

Instructions, materials, and documentation forms for the required 2017-18 Testing Ethics professional development are being sent to schools via the Jordan Administrative Memo (JAM). These materials will also be available online at http://assessments.jordandistrict.org/ethics/ . The four required procedures for completing this testing ethics professional development are listed on the “2017-18 Principal’s Test Ethics Checklist” form provided in the materials.

It is important that all school leaders and teachers be reminded that the professional testing ethics required for all State-mandated assessments such as SAGE, ACT, and WIDA Access, also apply to all District-mandated assessments such as benchmark tests, SLO assessments, and other District-created assessments including MasteryConnect® assessments. Students must not be given secured assessment questions as homework or discussion items. Any use of secured assessment questions for instruction, discussion, or homework compromises the validity and integrity of the assessment questions and constitutes a violation of professional testing ethics protocol.

Principals are to make sure that teachers understand that professional testing ethics must be followed when working with District-mandated as well as State-mandated assessments. Principals are also to remind teachers that any potential disciplinary action specified for violating professional testing ethics on State-mandated assessments, also applies to any violation of professional testing ethics on District-mandated assessments.

 

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Elementary School Administrators:

We appreciate your attendance and support at last week's S.A.F.E. Neighborhoods/J.I.T. kit training.  As mentioned during the training, the distribution of J.I.T. kits to all elementary schools will occur during the week of June 19 - 23.  Make sure to designate a location within your building where the J.I.T. kit can be stored, prior to the arrival of the kit.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lance Everill at 801-567-8623 or lance.everill@jordandistrict.org.

 

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DATE:   
June 15, 2017

TO: 
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries

FROM:   
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
Daniel Ellis, Accountant/Internal Auditor

SUBJECT:
School Bank Account Balances for June 30, 2017

Please send the following information for each bank account balance as of June 30, 2017 to Accounting by July 28, 2017.  If you have multiple bank accounts, please list each account separately.  For elementary schools who have completely closed their separate accounts please indicate so on the form.

School Name
Name of Bank
Type of Account (checking, savings, money market)
Account Balance

The balance requested is the balance from your June bank statements, not Skyward.  This information is required annually and will be used to complete reporting requirements for Utah Money Management Council.

If you have questions or need assistance, please call Dan Ellis at (801)567-8389.

Thank you.

Cc:
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools
Jill Durrant, Administrator of Schools
Anthony Godfrey, Administrator of Schools
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Teri Timpson, Administrator of Schools

 

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DATE:
June 15, 2017

TO: 
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
Daniel Ellis, Accountant/Internal Auditor

SUBJECT:
Quarterly School Financial Report for April, May, and June 2017

Each school is asked to report the quarter end account balance and transaction detail with the Apple Volume Purchase Program and return with your bank reconciliation.  If your school has no Apple account, please so indicate and return.

Please include the account balance with Apple on the reconciliation sign off form and print a report or screen shot(s) of the balances and quarterly transactions from Apple’s website.  If you need assistance, please contact your Curriculum Technology Specialist – Bonnie, Deana, Harrison, Nancy.

Please photocopy the selected elements and send to Accounting by July 28, 2017.

Please include:

  • The signed attached memo to Accounting
  • A copy of your April, May and June 2017 Reconciliation Worksheets
  • A copy of your April, May and June 2017 Bank Statements
  • A copy of your April, May and June 2017 Skyward Balance Sheets
  • A copy of your April, May and June 2017 Outstanding Check Reports
  • Screen shot(s) of your June 30, 2017 Apple Volume Purchase Program transaction history and balance

If you have questions or need assistance, please call Liz Robins at (801)567-8267.

Thank you.

Cc:
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools
Jill Durrant, Administrator of Schools
Anthony Godfrey, Administrator of Schools
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Teri Timpson, Administrator of Schools

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DATE:     
May 31, 2017

TO: 
All Principals, Administrative Assistants and Custodians

FROM:   
Scott Thomas, Administrator of Auxiliary Services
Paul Bergera, Staff Assistant of Auxiliary Services
Dave Rostrom, Director of Facilities Services
Lance Everill, Facility Operations Manager
Sandi Abplanalp, Facility Systems Coordinator

SUBJECT:  
Summer Card Access Scheduling

With the end of the school year rapidly approaching, the need to re-evaluate current access levels of your staff may be necessary.  Employees with 24/7 access will remain the same, however, access may need to be altered for your teachers, staff and sweepers.  Please be aware that if teachers retain their current access levels during summer months their badge will allow them access into the building regardless of whether or not the building has been disarmed.  If your sweepers will be working days, let Sandi Abplanalp know what hours they are authorized to have access.

Please note that District Maintenance workers and District delivery drivers’ access will remain the same (7:00 am-5:00 pm). Please contact Sandi and let her know what days the building will be closed so their access can be removed.

Time zones assigned to the doors will be removed after the last bell on the last day of school. If you want your main door left open or have summer programs running during the summer months, contact Sandi to adjust the schedule.   You will be receiving a report which includes a list of employees with access to your building and their access times and passes.  If you have employees that will not be returning in the fall, please collect their badges as part of their final check out and return them to Sandi in the Facilities Services Department.  If an employee is transferring, email Sandi their names and new locations as soon as possible so she can assign them to their new location.  Please account for all of the lockout/unlock cards, portable passes, recess passes, office passes, elevator passes  and substitute passes that are listed in this report.

Please be aware that employees with extended building access will revert back to regular access when the school-year ends (with the exception of the head administrative assistants and custodians) and a new Building/Card Access-Administrator Authorization form will need to be submitted when the new school year begins.  Please call Sandi with any questions or concerns.

Sandi Abplanalp
Jordan School District
Facility Systems Coordinator
801-567-8616
sandi.abplanalp@jordandistrict.org

Cc:
Jordan School District Cabinet Members

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Elementary Principals:

1-    Please be sure teachers have completed their EOY Intervention Reports before leaving for the summer.  This information will be used to complete our State Intervention Report at the end of the month.  EOY Growth Reports are also due at the end of the month.

2-    There are several options for Journeys PD over the summer.  Teachers will be paid inservice rate for attending and should register on JPLS as soon as possible.

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High, Middle, and Elementary Principals:

School Department Heads and music teachers are invited to attend a meeting with their subject curriculum consultant in preparation for the 2017-2018 school year. A schedule of meeting locations, dates, and times is attached. Please share this information. Teachers will be paid at inservice rate for attending. Thank you.

Summer Meetings

CONTENT DATE TIME LOCATION CONTACT
DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
Health 8/7/2017 9:00 – 11:00 JATC North Jane Harward Ext. 88169
ELA 8/7/2017 12:00 – 2:00 ASB Rm 101 Mindy Dummer

Ext. 88152
Math 8/7/2017 1:00 – 3:00 DO Rm 129 Wendy Harmon

Ext. 88377
Visual Art 8/7/2017 2:00 – 4:00 ASB Rm 101 Mindy Dummer

Ext. 88152
PE & Dance 8/8/2017 11:00 – 1:00 JATC North Jane Harward

Ext. 88169
Science 8/9/2017 9:00 – 11:00 JATC North Jane Harward

Ext. 88169
Social Studies 8/9/2017 9:00 – 11:00 ASB Rm 101 Pam Su’a

Ext. 88320
World Language 8/9/2017 1:00 – 3:00 ASB Rm 101 Pam Su’a

Ext. 88320
MUSIC TEACHERS
HS/MS Instrumental 08/08/17 8:00 – 9:30 ASB Rm 103 Norm Emerson

Ext. 88364
HS/MS Choral 08/08/17 10:00 – 11:30 ASB Rm 103 Norm Emerson

Ext. 88364
Elementary Orchestra 08/09/17 8:00 – 9:30 ASB Rm 103 Norm Emerson

Ext. 88364
Elementary Band 08/09/17 10:00 – 11:30 ASB Rm 103 Norm Emerson

Ext. 88364

 

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2017 Individual Educator Evaluation Reports

Principals:

Your school's Individual Educator Evaluation Reports will be made available to you via a shared Google folder on or before this Friday, May 26, 2017.  The shared Google folder will come from Holly Allen and will contain your school's Individual Educator Evaluation Reports.  If you discover errors in any of the reports, contract Holly Allen (holly.allen@jordandistrict.org) or 801-567-8115.  All errors must be reported to Holly Allen before June 23, 2017.

Individual Educator Evaluation Reports are to be distributed to each teacher by the principal on or before the teacher's 2016-17 check-out.

Thank you,
Clyde Mason

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DATE:
May 31, 2017

TO:
All Principals and Teachers

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Ron Bird, Director, Information Systems
Michael Heaps, Support Services Manager
Mark Sowa, Curriculum Technology Consultant

SUBJECT:
Mastery Connect and Skyward Rollover Dates

Please be aware that the annual rollover of data in both Mastery Connect and Skyward is scheduled to happen July 5-7, 2017. Consequently, both systems will be unavailable during that time.

For Mastery Connect users, please do not create trackers for the 2017-2018 school year prior to July 7th, since next year’s data will not be available until that time. The current year’s trackers will auto archive as a part of the rollover process. To ensure that this data is available in the future, do not delete last year’s trackers.

If you have questions, please contact the Information Systems Help Desk at 801-567-8737.

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Elementary Principals:

End-of-Year DIBELS letters are attached.  Please be certain letters are sent home with every first, second, and third grade student on/before June 2 (Traditional) or June 30 (Year-round)  Letters do not go home with Kindergarten students.  Contact Becky Gerber if you have questions.

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DATE: 
May 15, 2017

TO:
All Elementary, Middle and Traditional High School Principals

FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits

SUBJECT:
June 2017 Budget Transfer Request

Please review your budgets and complete the Budget Transfer Request if you would like to transfer between your postage, supply, textbook and equipment budgets. The signed form is due back to Heather Ellingson no later than July 3, 2017.

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DATE:
May 10, 2017

TO:
All Administrators
All Administrative Assistants

FROM:
Patrice Johnson, Superintendent of Schools
John Larsen, Business Administrator

SUBJECT:
Social Security Numbers and Year of Birth

It recently came to our attention that some departments and schools may have staff lists that contain Social Security Numbers and year of birth. Although well intentioned, their mere existence can be problematic. In our continuing efforts to ensure personal information stays private, we ask that you purge all Social Security Numbers and year of birth from all staff lists, electronic or otherwise.

Administrators and Administrative Assistants should meet to verify that all data on lists described above are purged. If you have questions, please contact your Cabinet level administrator and discuss your concern with him or her.

Thank you!

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Special Education Summer Conference
Teaching Matters - Teachers Matter

Principals, please forward to all special educators in your building.

July 31, 2017
8:00 am - 3:45 pm
Elk Ridge Middle School

Register on JPLS. See flyer for details.

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DATE:
May 3, 2017

TO:
Principals/Directors

FROM:  
June LeMaster, Ph.D., Administrator, Human Resources
Administrator of Schools
Travis Hamblin, Human Resource Administrator-Licensed
Brent Burge, Human Resource Administrator-Classified

SUBJECT: 
Part-Time Classified Hourly Job Posting

Thank you for your recent input regarding the posting of part-time (PT) classified positions.  As you are aware, this procedure was optional during the 2016-2017 school year and will be effective July 1, 2017, as principals at all levels provided examples of their experience with this new procedure and indicated the benefits they observed.  The new standardized procedures are as follows:

  1. Employees within the same location may be moved to vacant positions without posting. A change form must be submitted
  2. An online job advertisement is submitted through FastTrack for all vacant positions.
  3. The position will be posted “open until filled”. The school/department must notify HR when the position is filled.
  4. The Administration will screen the applicants, conduct interviews, check references and make the offer. References must be submitted with the hire sheet.  All other interview documents will be maintained at the location unless requested by an HR Administrator.
  5. Once HR is notified the position has been filled, we will use FastTrack to notify those applicants who were not selected.

The new procedure will not allow for generic position postings on FastTrack as in the past, with the exception of Sweeper applications.  A tutorial on the posting of PT positions using FastTrack is available on the AdminOnly and SecretaryConnections website or you may contact an HR Administrator for further assistance.

Thank you for hiring the best candidates available at each location.

 

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Elementary Principals:

Attached is a parent letter from Superintendent Johnson regarding the assignment of limited use email addresses to K-2 students. This is the third letter to be sent home as we phase in this program throughout the grade levels. Please email a copy to your School Community Council members with an explanation that this letter will be sent home to the parents. Give them time to respond back to you with any questions they may have and then send the letter home in the same manner you send all parent communication.

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DATE:
May 8, 2017

TO:
All Principals
Administrative Assistants, ES/MS/HS

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Luann Leavitt, Consultant for Planning and Student Services

SUBJECT:
Transferring Student Permanent Records; JSD Policy AS61

Transfer of K-8 Student Files for Retention at the State Records Center and for Permanent Archives

See each of these memos below.

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DATE:
May 20, 2017

TO:
All Principals
Administrative Assistants, ES/MS/HS

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Luann Leavitt, Consultant for Planning and Student Services

SUBJECT:
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Notification (Annual Notification was revised in 2017-18)

Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)

Student Residency Questionnaire

See each of these memos below.